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Midwater Fish |
Weight |
Angler |
Location |
Date |
Akule (Bigeye Scad) |
2.29 lbs |
Jared Melendez |
Marriot Courtyard Beach |
04/18/17 |
Decided to wake up early before work and whip by my favorite spot, Marriot Courtyard Hotel, on the east side of Kauai. Got there about 4:30 am, rigged up my pole with okuma custom menpachi 12' rod, paired with one diawa bg 4500 15 J braid 7'-8' 20-lb test line. At about 5:30, this buggah had hit my completely hooked lure "tako extended glow grub". It took about 5-10 minutes of scrap time to land this buggah.
The size of this buggah buggah got me speechless.
![](images/records/midwater/596-Melendez-akule.jpg)
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